HISTORY OF MT IN GLOBAL CONTEXT Flashcards
He is considered as the “father of medicine” and author of the Hippocratic Oath
HIPPOCRATES
What year do diagnosis first examined and who are the following physicians?
300 BC - 180 AD
HIPPOCRATES AND GALEN
A Greek physician and philosopher, instigated a rudimentary and qualitative assessment of disorder
GALEN
Body Fluids
FOUR HUMORS
BLOOD, PHLEGM, YELLOW BILE, BLACK BILE
Give the (3) ways following procedures on how Hippocrates advocated in the diagnosis of disease
TASTING OF URINE, LISTENING TO THE LUNGS, OBSERVING OUTWARD APPEARANCES
Hippocrates concluded that the appearance of bubbles, blood, ang pus in urine indicated;
KIDNEY DISEASE AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES
Galen described diabetes as;
“DIARRHEA OF URINE”
Galen established a relationship between
FLUID INTAKE AND URINE VOLUME
In Medieval Europe, what diagnosis was widely practiced?
“WATER CASTING” (UROSCOPY)
Physicians who failed to examine the urine were submitted to
PUBLIC BEATINGS
What year do the first book detailing characteristics of urine (color, density, quality) was written
900 AD
When does medical practitioners were not allowed to conduct physical examinations but relied solely on the patient’s description of symptoms and their observations?
EARLY 11TH CENTURY
When and what were used to provide a more objective and accurate diagnosis and to understand the insides of the body?
18TH CENTURY; MECHANICAL TECHNIQUES AND CADAVER DISSECTION
When does physicians began using for diagnosis or therapeutics.
19TH CENTURY
John Hutchinson’s ______ is used for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs.
SPIROMETER
